PUBLIC OPINION: Ryan leads state 2016 GOP field

3:38 PM,
May 15, 2013

Written by

Mary Spicuzza
Wisconsin State Journal

U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan is leading the field for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination in Wisconsin, while Gov. Scott Walker came in third, a poll released this week found.

The Marquette University Law School poll said 27 percent of Wisconsin Republican voters and independents who lean Republican support Ryan, while another 21 percent support Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. Walker received support from 16 percent.

The poll interviewed 717 registered Wisconsin voters by both landline and cell phone last Monday through Thursday. Among Republicans, the sample size was 302 and had a margin of ...